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Table 2: senior medical student triage assignments of emergency vignettes using the South African triage scale compared to those of an expert panel [22] |
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Expert triage assignments |
Senior medical student triage assignments; % (N=1,475) |
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Vignettes; n |
Triage assignments; n |
SATS performance versus expert panel; % (95% CI) |
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Emergency |
Very urgent |
Urgent |
Routine |
Sensitivity |
Specificity |
Over-triage |
Under-triage |
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Emergency |
7 |
413 |
62* |
42 |
12 |
2 |
44 |
(39 - 49) |
89 |
(87 - 91) |
- |
- |
80 |
(78 -82) |
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Very urgent |
6 |
354 |
33 |
37* |
22 |
3 |
42 |
(37 - 47) |
76 |
(74 - 79) |
20 |
(18 - 22) |
53 |
(50 - 55) |
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Urgent |
6 |
354 |
5 |
19 |
47* |
18 |
57 |
(52 - 62) |
79 |
(77 - 82) |
47 |
(45 - 50) |
23 |
(21 - 25) |
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Routine |
6 |
354 |
0 |
2 |
19 |
77* |
74 |
(69 - 78) |
93 |
(90 - 93) |
77 |
(75 - 79) |
- |
- |
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Mean |
54 |
(49 - 59) |
84 |
(82 - 89) |
48 |
(46 - 50) |
54 |
(51 - 56)
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SATS – South African Triage Scale; CI – confidence interval; *Medical student triage assignment matches the expert panel’s triage assignment |
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